Soil Data Explorer - RAINSVILLE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RAINSVILLE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RAINSVILLE, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to RAINSVILLE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the RAINSVILLE soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the RAINSVILLE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the RAINSVILLE series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the RAINSVILLE series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with RAINSVILLE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the RAINSVILLE series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the RAINSVILLE series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with RAINSVILLE, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. IN-2010-09-09-03 | Boone County - 2004

   General pattern of soils, topography, and parent material in the Miami-Rainsville-Crosby association (Soil Survey of Boone County, Indiana; 2004).

Map Units

Map units containing RAINSVILLE as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Miami-Rainsville loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	XrbC2	479	200889	6r19	in005	2002	1:12000
Miami-Rainsville silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	XfuB2	337	200888	6r18	in005	2002	1:12000
Miami-Rainsville complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	XfuB2	5741	695902	rc4g	in011	2003	1:12000
Miami-Rainsville complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	XfuC2	1132	695935	rc5j	in011	2003	1:12000
Miami-Rainsville loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	XrbC2	83	1651398	1sfdx	in013	1985	1:15840
Miami-Rainsville silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	XfuB2	15	1651394	1sfds	in013	1985	1:15840
Miami-Rainsville complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	XfuB2	3094	242566	84dq	in045	1999	1:12000
Miami-Rainsville complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	XfuC2	1893	242565	84dp	in045	1999	1:12000
Rainsville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	RbuB2	1179	242472	849p	in045	1999	1:12000
Rainsville silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	RbuC2	712	242548	84d4	in045	1999	1:12000
Miami-Rainsville complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	XfuB2	115	3291284	rc4g	in057	1976	1:15840
Miami-Rainsville silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	XfuB2	319	1652789	1sgvs	in081	1975	1:15840
Miami-Rainsville loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	XrbC2	213	1652790	1sgvt	in081	1975	1:15840
Rainsville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	RaB2	836	164262	5hxs	in157	1990	1:15840
Miami-Rainsville complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	XfuB2	112	3291363	rc4g	in159	1985	1:15840
Rainsville-Williamstown-Rockfield silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	RfB2	23188	163160	5gs7	in171	1987	1:15840
Williamstown-Rainsville silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	WtC2	4599	163186	5gt2	in171	1987	1:15840
Rainsville silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RdA	306	163159	5gs6	in171	1987	1:15840
Rainsville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	RbB2	9	1589977	1qchl	oh017	1977	1:15840
Rainsville silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RaA	3	1392136	1hqmm	oh037	1984	1:15840
Rainsville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RaB	2	1392137	1hqmn	oh037	1984	1:15840
Rainsville silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RaA	4	1590118	1qcn4	oh113	1969	1:15840
Rainsville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	RaB2	1336	624769	nz3v	oh135	2005	1:12000
Rainsville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RaB	1220	624768	nz3t	oh135	2005	1:12000
Rainsville silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RaA	677	624767	nz3s	oh135	2005	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RAINSVILLE soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).